Sentences with phrase «reactor coolant pumps»

The low power output of each NuScale Power Module allows for significant design simplification and elimination of many systems susceptible to sabotage, including the reactor coolant loops, reactor coolant pumps, and active safety systems.

So has securing delivery on certain components, such as reactor coolant pumps, because they are being produced for the first time.

Not exact matches

The dumped water triggered a safety fuse, which shut down a coolant pump, causing the reactor to overheat.

In the case of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR, he notes that safety engineers designed a reactor with more pumps and valves to prevent the loss of any coolant, «but there wasn't as much effort into designing for construction,» which is driving the overruns.

At about 4 A.M. local time, the main pumps feeding cooling water into Unit 2 failed and, due to confusion amidst the klaxon of alarms and flashing warning lights, the men operating the reactor made the situation worse when they mistakenly thought there was too much water in the core and shut off emergency pumps, thereby reducing further the amount of coolant reaching the reactor.